Detail of wallpaper in staircase hall. Digital image of A 33717 CN.
SC 699366
Description Detail of wallpaper in staircase hall. Digital image of A 33717 CN.
Date 5/6/1985
Catalogue Number SC 699366
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 33717 CN
Scope and Content Detail of wallpaper in the staircase hall of No 9 Alloway Place, Ayr, South Ayrshire Alloway Place contains a terrace of four houses, each three bays wide and two storeys high with central columned doorpieces. The terrace was begun in the early 19th century, but not completed until c.1845. The houses are named after Lord Alloway, who owned the land upon which they were built. This shows a detail of the wallpaper which covers the walls of the stairwell. The design features overlapping diamonds and zigzags of colour, mottled in tones of brown and green. Wallpaper was considered a cheap way to change the look of a room, introduce modern designs, and hide imperfections in the plasterwork beneath. This paper shows an Art Deco design, a style originating in the 1920s, but still popular well into the 1950s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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